The Second Chance

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We may not have the means at hand

To change a circumstance.

But we may gain, to our relief,

A welcome second chance.

A chance to prove that we will try,

With all our might and mind,

To change our way, to right some wrong,

And pull our weight again.

So let us thank the generous folk

Who overlook our lapse,

And put their trust in our success,

Where once we failed, perhaps.

The second chance can bring results,

The first one to out weigh

For in the mean time we have learned

A little more each day.

By Anna Hayward

Friends

Three friends have I
He who loves me
He who hates me
And he who is indifferent toward me

He who love me teaches me tenderness
He who hates me teaches me patience
He who is indifferent toward me
Teaches me self-reliance.

Smile

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A smile is such a funny thing;

It wrinkles up your face,

And then its gone you’ll never find

Its secret hiding place.

But, far more wonderful it is

To see what smiles can do;

You smile at one, he smiles at you,

And so one smile makes two.

I Love You

I love you

Not only for what you are,

But for what I am

When I’m with you.

I love you

Not only for what

You have made of yourself

But for what you have helped me to become.

I love you

For the part of me

That only you

Can bring out in me.

I love you

For passing over all of my

Foolish and weak treats

That you can’t help but see.

I love you

For drawing out into the light

The beauty that no one else had

Looked quite far enough to find.

I love you!

Dale Leifson